Pyongyang ‘planning nuclear test’ for Obama visit to S Korea

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North Korea could be making preparations to test-fire a nuclear weapon this
week as Seoul readies itself for a critical visit from President Obama.

South Korea said that it would “thoroughly plan” for the test-firing of a
nuclear weapon by North Korea and any other provocations being plotted by
its leader, Kim Jong Un, for coming days.

Signs of increased activity around North Korea’s atomic test site follow a
petulant exchange of artillery fire between South and North Korean
militaries this month and another spasm of blood-curdling rhetoric from
Pyongyang’s propaganda machine.